“I hate that moth dust!”

From Ant-Man and the Wasp.

After being arrested for helping Captain America in Civil War, Scott Lang/Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) has been on house arrest for the past two years. Scott has also had a falling-out with the original Ant-Man, Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and his daughter, Hope (Evangeline Lilly), who has recently adopted her mother’s super suit/persona: the Wasp.  Scott’s roundtrip to the molecular-sized Quantum Realm gave Hank faith to believe that his wife, Janet (Michelle Pfeiffer) who went into the Quantum Realm thirty years ago, could still be alive; so Hank and Hope have been running from the law and trying to build a bridge between this world and the molecular one.  When the bridge is opened for moment, Scott feels a connection with Janet and reaches out to let Hank know.  Just days away from the end of his house arrest, Hope sneaks Scott out of the house so that he can help complete the Quantum Bridge and find her mother.  Things quickly so go south when their black market fence (Walton Goggins) turns on them and Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), a mysterious villain who can walk through walls steals the last piece of technology they need for the bridge… and their lab.  Hank is forced to turn to an old colleague (Laurence Fishbourne) to find their portable-sized lab, while Scott relies on his ex-con friends Luis (Michael Pena), Dave (T.I.), and Kurt (David Dastmalchain).  During everything that’s going on, Scott must also avoid being captured outside his home and avoiding his FBI babysitter (Randall Park).  The mysterious Ghost presents a serious challenge to every move that Ant-Man and the Wasp make in the high-stakes fight to save their small part of the world.

This sequel matches the tone of the 2015 original, but also lets Scott grow from his recent experiences.  The action is bright and fun, the story is smartly interwoven, Rudd and Pena’s comedy is brilliant throughout, and the special effects are brilliant, especially surrounding Ghost’s character.  Ant-Man and the Wasp is a fun addition to the Marvel universe that even manages to explain the title characters’ glaring absence from Infinity War (with an mid-credit scene) that will keep fans on the edge of their seat.

| Rated: PG-13 | Running Time: 128 minutes |Genre: action/superhero/sci-fi |

||Family Viewing||Cursing: 3 of 10|Nudity: 0 of 10|Sexuality: 0 of 10|Gore: 1 of 10

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